The Pollack.-] OF ORKNEY. 197 



ed in this, bending towards the back, whereas it is pretty 

 straight in tlie former. The sides are yellow ; the belly white. 



Species 5. — The Whiting. 



Assellus mollis major, seu albus, fVil. Icth. 170. Whiting, Raii Si/n. Pise. 53. 

 Gadus Merlangus, Lin.Sys. 438. Sib. Scot. 23. Brit. Zool. 155. 



I CANNOT deny this fish a place here, because I have seen 

 it once or twice caught in these seas, but, for ought I can be 

 informed, it is very infrequent. I suppose it can scarce bear 

 the rough gusts of our winter seas, being a very delicate fish *. 

 Mr Pennant tells it is found on the Dogger-Bank, which 

 would make one imagine it would sometimes visit our shores. 

 Mr Wallace takes notice of the whiting in liis short catalogue 

 of Orkney fishes, but does not say whether got in his time in 

 quantities or not. 



* When haddocks are caught in any quantity with us, whitings are got in num^ 

 bars. 



